Submitted by: Doris Parker

A NATION’S STRENGTH
 
 
WHAT MAKES A NATION’S PILLARS HIGH
AND IT’S FOUNDATIONS STRONG?
WHAT MAKES IT MIGHTY TO DEFY
THE FOES THAT ROUND IT THRONG?
 
IT IS NOT GOLD. ITS KINGDOMS GRAND
GO DOWN IN BATTLE SHOCK;
ITS SHAFTS ARE LAID ON SINKING SAND,
NOT ON ABIDING ROCK.
 
IS IT THE SWORD? ASK THE RED DUST
OF EMPIRES PASSED AWAY;
THE BLOOD HAS TURNED THEIR STONES TO
RUST,
THEIR GLORY TO DECAY.
 
AND IS IT PRIDE? AH, THAT BRIGHT CROWN
HAS SEEMED TO NATIONS SWEET;
BUT GOD HAS STRUCK ITS LUSTER DOWN
IN ASHES AT HIS FEET.
 
NOT GOLD BUT ONLY MEN CAN MAKE
A PEOPLE GREAT AND STRONG;
MEN WHO FOR TRUTH AND HONOR’S SAKE
STAND FAST AND SUFFER LONG.
 
BRAVE MEN WHO WORK WHILE OTHERS
SLEEP,
WHO DARE WHILE OTHERS FLY…
THEY BUILD A NATION’S PILLARS DEEP
AND LIFT THEM TO THE SKY.
 
~~~RALPH WALDO EMERSON~~~

Doris Comments: I think we were asleep for this last election but the Nation has now woke up and let’s rebuild our Pillar’s high once again and our foundation strong! God was the foundation that this country was built upon and if we don’t rebuild it on that same foundation then we are for sure in deep, deep trouble just as all nation’s that turned their backs on him have suffered. Our morals have gotten us into believing a lie and now we have liars running things.
 
Just my two cents worth.
 
Doris